Fischer exposed chess for what it is - a board game that has been exploited where you can no longer show your intellectual skills, it's all a memorization of previous chess algorithm combinations.
Fischer random is much harder, and should be THE chessboard game of the future.
upgrade the game of chess? I thought fischer wanted to degrade it, he was always saying there was way too much book and course he's right. I reckon chess was a really good and interesting game in the 1700.
@sdouglasFord I totally agree. Bobby Fischer may have been a great chess player, but his perception on his opponents and the Jews is just plain intolerable.
@Zennuts1 stfu and respect bobby fischer. He had a 180 IQ. if he says something then it's true, you're a too much of a PEASANT to question his judgement.
You need to separate the chess player and the person... The Person. . bobby would not beat karpov.. or kasparov.. or carlsen or anand or any one of such caliber..
The Chess Player Bobby Fischer... would demolish all competition... were talking about a person that would have evolved with computer chess.. it would be IBM vs Fischer.. not Kasparov..and IBM WOULD LOSE....
Cocaineffect : I never forgot to mention Korchnoi, just simply did not rate him, amongst such great players, as those mentioned. Personally, I prefer Larsen, Keres, and Tal, who I think were better players.
@RyanPlayChess Kasparov has a happier story and was probably a better chess player but in terms of contribution to chess Fischer is way ahead of Kasparov. Fischer raised the standard for chess players as a profession and asked more money for his appearance to the benefit of every professional chess player, what he did after only hurt himself not the rest of the chess community. Kasparov on the other hand did everything for himself and split the chessworld and fought FIDE, didn't recovered since.
Many Champions won this way, i.e. Lasker -Schelchter for instance. In my humble opinion, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov, are the greatest players of modern times, and Capablanca, Lasker,Alekhine, Botvinnik, and Morphy, the greatest of past players that have ever lived. Among the also rans, I would include Pillsbury, Steinitz Keres,Tarrasch, Spassky, and Tal as the best of the rest.
Karpov, peaked around 1978-84. At this time he was a much strong player, often reching the level of play performed by fischer, and would have been a more even match in 78. He would not have had enough in 1975 to beat Fischer, but he did have the whole of the Soviet might behind him for analysis purposes to help him. Fischer's, demands were fair, and all but one was accepted by F.i.d.e. which was the right of the Champion to retain his title if the match was drawn.
Karpov, struggled to beat Korchnoi in the semi's. I think this is a good indicator that he was not yet fully developed, as Fischer was. (Fischer, feared no one on the chess board, His ego would not allow it). He had fought the best all his life and his demands were all met by F.I.D.E. but one, the right to retain his title if the match ended in a draw.
@widebody123 That may be true, but Kasparov quit chess because the younger crowd that is out there now would have eventually taken the title from him. It is the destiny of all World Champs..... can't hold the crown forever :)
@MrQmason First of all, Kramnik surprisingly beat Kasparov and won the FIDE title a few years ago, so Kasparov already lost the title and it was to one of the older guys around. Kasparov was easily the best player in the world, however he did lose the title.
Secondly, you can't make that claim for sure. Fischer and Morphy quit when they were at their peak. Some people just don't like it so much anymore and want to concentrate on other things, maybe future decline had something to do with it.
@Biggus63 Thank you, but I still want to know exactly what they were saying in the interview. In the first asking, what was the interviewer saying ? I have no idea. I can hear some words and phrases. For example, In trying, getting, record,sort of thing, purely,upgrade game,personal game, And Fischer said Basically do a up grade game you know? I mean,personal game I was just I must be taking on chess. Am I right? I still struggle against hearing it.
Bobby would've probably won in 75 against Karpov, but he was afraid he would lose and his legend shattered. But he would've won, albeit very narrowly. Karpov was already very strong even then.
There was never any doubt by anyone with a right to an opinion that Fischer would have crushed Karpov. I was there. On his best day, Karpov was no Spassky, not to mention Fischer. The reason Fischer never played again is simple. He discovered, for the first time in his life, that chess is like life, but chess is not life.
@56richardcory Karpov definitely didn't think so. Does he have a right to an opinion? Only a crazy person thinks that somebody would walk away from an obvious victory. It's quite telling that you have to use Dr. Phil type of nonsense to support your ridiculous claim. Fischer was a good player. He was scared to lose and he ran away. You cannot beat Karpov if you're afraid.
@radiofreevillage That makes no sense in context of how dominant Fischer was at the culmination of winning the WC in 1972. That year, he was rated 120 points higher than #2 Spassky, and 155 points higher than #7 Karpov. That kind of gap is UNHEARD of. It's not like Karpov was close to Fischer's prime.
No, Fischer didn't maintain active playing form in next 3 years, but that's a different story. My point is Fischer didn't "quit chess" because he was "afraid of Karpov." That's just silly.
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD I think what's silly is to claim that three years of no playing is a different story. I don't care what shape Fisher was three years prior. First, you can lose a match being at the top of your game. Ask Kasparov, he'll tell you. Second, the guy didn't play for three years, did everything he could not to play the match and I'm supposed to assume he thought he would win. Sorry, that's just crazy.
@radiofreevillage All I'm saying is that Fischer had no reason to fear Karpov given what his peak was. Keep in mind that Karpov himself never reached Fischer's peak strength of 2785 in his entire CAREER.
I'm not saying Fischer was better than Karpov 3 years later or that he would've beaten Karpov. You can't get away with something like that in chess. All I know is that had Fischer kept playing with the same passion that got him the WC, I doubt Karpov would've been much of a problem.
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD Sure there were plenty of reasons. After you're on top of your form you will go down. There's nowhere else to go. He knew it. He thought he must have continued to play perfect chess and he knew there was no way. Chess is as much a psychological game as it is science.
And once again nobody has ever come close to Kasparov's peak rating and yet Kasparov lost the title.
@radiofreevillage Except Kasparov also managed to hold his title for 15 years, and didn't reach his peak rating until 15 years after his first title, proof that one's top form doesn't necessarily end at winning the WC. The psychology you refer to may apply to normal human beings, but chess was never a "normality" for Fischer. People like him (and this is interdisciplinary) STRUGGLE to walk away from competition. So it's not as simple as him thinking "well looks like my job's done here! Adios!"
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD I'm wrapping this up since I think we've made our points. I'm not saying it was easy. And I'm not saying Fisher was a bad chess player. But in chess you gotta face your opponent and win in order to claim to be superior. Instead Fisher did everything in his power to skew the odds in his favor and then ran away. After that I'm not interested in psychoanalyzing him any further. He was supposed to fight Karpov, he ran away. That makes him a coward and a loser.
@radiofreevillage it shows that you know nothing about the man! you make a wild conjecture and self determine why Fischer didnt want to play! do you have any interviews or any proof that he was "scared"?!
@hekoka I know everything I need to know. He was supposed to play Karpov. Instead of playing him he worked hard to skew the rules to get a huge advantage. When he was not allowed to do it, he walked away. How fitting for a coward.
@radiofreevillage dude living legends such as Kasparov and virtually every chess critic consider Bobby Fischer an all time great!!! here you are an absolute nobody trying to do everything to discredit him! go play some mre chess dude
@hekoka Of course, he's one of the strongest players of all times. Who disputes that? In 1975 he was also scared shitless of losing to Karpov. No contradiction there...
hes charismatic
carpet691 11 hours ago
He would have needed a present father.
globeisnotpyramid 1 week ago
Fischer exposed chess for what it is - a board game that has been exploited where you can no longer show your intellectual skills, it's all a memorization of previous chess algorithm combinations.
Fischer random is much harder, and should be THE chessboard game of the future.
kr3ml 1 week ago in playlist Bobby
upgrade the game of chess? I thought fischer wanted to degrade it, he was always saying there was way too much book and course he's right. I reckon chess was a really good and interesting game in the 1700.
wrich1162 1 month ago
"How would you rate him, compared to other players?" -"the best, definitely"
Spassky without soviet union pressure would've been another player
Migue261 2 months ago
fischer is one funny dude
addycorp2 2 months ago
Is this man some sort of genius?
amitus8 2 months ago
Did he really say = «I am on a mission from God to take the title away from the Russians.»
Because that's reaaaaally weird. I can understand his personality now.
gentilguy 2 months ago 6
when u know ur going to win, and ur the best.. u can try and squeeze as much out of ur opponents as possible.
He did that, and he is winning like charlie sheen.. still.. winning.
odiumimbues 4 months ago
props to spassky for not crumbling
ChessNoir 4 months ago
It’s like a cookie, they all crumble.
prezlla 5 months ago
@prezlla they all crumble to the FISCHER GOD except that fucking muslim kasparov
thedenimvault 2 months ago
and of course youve never ranted and raved, you just dont get it do you , look a bit deeper
buzzbox2nd 5 months ago
heres a special comment to the haters of this excellent guy Don't hate what you can't imitate
buzzbox2nd 5 months ago
@buzzbox2nd Why would I want to imitate a man who called into radio stations and ranted and raved that the U.S. should be destroyed?
I'll hate who I please. Being a great chess player doesn't excuse being a first rate asshole.
sdouglasFord 5 months ago
@sdouglasFord I would love to imitate his chess moves! And I try to, but you can hold onto the good and reject the evil.
cschessnews 5 months ago
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@sdouglasFord and of course youve never ranted and raved, you just dont get it do you , look a bit deeper
buzzbox2nd 5 months ago
@sdouglasFord I totally agree. Bobby Fischer may have been a great chess player, but his perception on his opponents and the Jews is just plain intolerable.
Zennuts1 3 months ago
@Zennuts1 stfu and respect bobby fischer. He had a 180 IQ. if he says something then it's true, you're a too much of a PEASANT to question his judgement.
thedenimvault 2 months ago
If bobby fischer was a stock broker he would remind me of patrick bateman from american psycho....
SuperTinkerhell 5 months ago
You need to separate the chess player and the person... The Person. . bobby would not beat karpov.. or kasparov.. or carlsen or anand or any one of such caliber..
The Chess Player Bobby Fischer... would demolish all competition... were talking about a person that would have evolved with computer chess.. it would be IBM vs Fischer.. not Kasparov..and IBM WOULD LOSE....
jonjon2034 5 months ago
Nicolas Cage should have played him in a film a few years back. :)
capricious71 6 months ago 34
@capricious71 Nicolas Cage can't make a good movie though.
kikook222 5 months ago
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@kikook222 "Nicolas Cage can't make a good movie though."
Awww, I don't know... The Rock and Leaving Las Vegas are good films, though very different. :)
capricious71 5 months ago
@kikook222 Really? How about you watch 'Adaptation' and prove yourself wrong.
maulcs 4 months ago
@capricious71 lol wow they do look kind of similar
MoPar7055 4 months ago
@capricious71 nice observation haha
Migue261 2 months ago
@capricious71 Dear lord no. I'd never want to see such a mediocre actor portray a mysterious, reclusive legend.
FleaIsDaMan 1 week ago
His IQ was 187
BboyAdflicto 7 months ago
@ScottishNonBeliever
Has it purely been personal gain or has it really been to upgrade whole game chess?
Anyway, thank ScottishNonBeliever.
I can try to hear this interview to study English. New information about the interview makes me better.
Much better.
Cocaineffect 7 months ago
Cocaineffect : I never forgot to mention Korchnoi, just simply did not rate him, amongst such great players, as those mentioned. Personally, I prefer Larsen, Keres, and Tal, who I think were better players.
Sirb0b1 8 months ago
fischer sucked kasparov way better
RyanPlayChess 9 months ago
@RyanPlayChess Kasparov has a happier story and was probably a better chess player but in terms of contribution to chess Fischer is way ahead of Kasparov. Fischer raised the standard for chess players as a profession and asked more money for his appearance to the benefit of every professional chess player, what he did after only hurt himself not the rest of the chess community. Kasparov on the other hand did everything for himself and split the chessworld and fought FIDE, didn't recovered since.
scorici 8 months ago
Many Champions won this way, i.e. Lasker -Schelchter for instance. In my humble opinion, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov, are the greatest players of modern times, and Capablanca, Lasker,Alekhine, Botvinnik, and Morphy, the greatest of past players that have ever lived. Among the also rans, I would include Pillsbury, Steinitz Keres,Tarrasch, Spassky, and Tal as the best of the rest.
Sirb0b1 9 months ago
@Sirb0b1 You also forgot to mention Korchnoi
MrQmason 8 months ago
@Sirb0b1 Steinitz is basically the architect of the chess strategy.
scorici 8 months ago
Karpov, peaked around 1978-84. At this time he was a much strong player, often reching the level of play performed by fischer, and would have been a more even match in 78. He would not have had enough in 1975 to beat Fischer, but he did have the whole of the Soviet might behind him for analysis purposes to help him. Fischer's, demands were fair, and all but one was accepted by F.i.d.e. which was the right of the Champion to retain his title if the match was drawn.
Sirb0b1 9 months ago
Karpov, struggled to beat Korchnoi in the semi's. I think this is a good indicator that he was not yet fully developed, as Fischer was. (Fischer, feared no one on the chess board, His ego would not allow it). He had fought the best all his life and his demands were all met by F.I.D.E. but one, the right to retain his title if the match ended in a draw.
Sirb0b1 9 months ago
Fischer the Quitter.
He might have beaten Karpov.
But ultimately he would have faced Kasparov. No Contest.
widebody123 11 months ago
@widebody123 That may be true, but Kasparov quit chess because the younger crowd that is out there now would have eventually taken the title from him. It is the destiny of all World Champs..... can't hold the crown forever :)
MrQmason 8 months ago
@MrQmason First of all, Kramnik surprisingly beat Kasparov and won the FIDE title a few years ago, so Kasparov already lost the title and it was to one of the older guys around. Kasparov was easily the best player in the world, however he did lose the title.
Secondly, you can't make that claim for sure. Fischer and Morphy quit when they were at their peak. Some people just don't like it so much anymore and want to concentrate on other things, maybe future decline had something to do with it.
RaniaIsAwesome 7 months ago
I want the English subtitle the interview.
I don't understand completely.
The voice is very hard for me to hear.
Please someone, native english speaker
Cocaineffect 11 months ago
@Cocaineffect then go learn english till you do
thundermik 10 months ago
@thundermik
you mean that I should try to listen to this till I understand ?
If you mean it, of course I agree with you.
But I can' t understand yet although I have listened this again and again,
so I hope that someone help me.
Maybe he is confident that he win against Spassky if he do return match.
And he thought that Spassky was the best player as challenger against him.
Am I right ?
Cocaineffect 9 months ago
@Cocaineffect -Yes, that's basically what he said.
Biggus63 9 months ago
Cocaineffect 8 months ago
Bobby would've probably won in 75 against Karpov, but he was afraid he would lose and his legend shattered. But he would've won, albeit very narrowly. Karpov was already very strong even then.
paraconti 11 months ago
There was never any doubt by anyone with a right to an opinion that Fischer would have crushed Karpov. I was there. On his best day, Karpov was no Spassky, not to mention Fischer. The reason Fischer never played again is simple. He discovered, for the first time in his life, that chess is like life, but chess is not life.
56richardcory 11 months ago
@56richardcory Karpov definitely didn't think so. Does he have a right to an opinion? Only a crazy person thinks that somebody would walk away from an obvious victory. It's quite telling that you have to use Dr. Phil type of nonsense to support your ridiculous claim. Fischer was a good player. He was scared to lose and he ran away. You cannot beat Karpov if you're afraid.
radiofreevillage 11 months ago
@radiofreevillage That makes no sense in context of how dominant Fischer was at the culmination of winning the WC in 1972. That year, he was rated 120 points higher than #2 Spassky, and 155 points higher than #7 Karpov. That kind of gap is UNHEARD of. It's not like Karpov was close to Fischer's prime.
No, Fischer didn't maintain active playing form in next 3 years, but that's a different story. My point is Fischer didn't "quit chess" because he was "afraid of Karpov." That's just silly.
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 7 months ago
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD I think what's silly is to claim that three years of no playing is a different story. I don't care what shape Fisher was three years prior. First, you can lose a match being at the top of your game. Ask Kasparov, he'll tell you. Second, the guy didn't play for three years, did everything he could not to play the match and I'm supposed to assume he thought he would win. Sorry, that's just crazy.
radiofreevillage 7 months ago
@radiofreevillage All I'm saying is that Fischer had no reason to fear Karpov given what his peak was. Keep in mind that Karpov himself never reached Fischer's peak strength of 2785 in his entire CAREER.
I'm not saying Fischer was better than Karpov 3 years later or that he would've beaten Karpov. You can't get away with something like that in chess. All I know is that had Fischer kept playing with the same passion that got him the WC, I doubt Karpov would've been much of a problem.
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 7 months ago
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD Sure there were plenty of reasons. After you're on top of your form you will go down. There's nowhere else to go. He knew it. He thought he must have continued to play perfect chess and he knew there was no way. Chess is as much a psychological game as it is science.
And once again nobody has ever come close to Kasparov's peak rating and yet Kasparov lost the title.
radiofreevillage 7 months ago
@radiofreevillage Except Kasparov also managed to hold his title for 15 years, and didn't reach his peak rating until 15 years after his first title, proof that one's top form doesn't necessarily end at winning the WC. The psychology you refer to may apply to normal human beings, but chess was never a "normality" for Fischer. People like him (and this is interdisciplinary) STRUGGLE to walk away from competition. So it's not as simple as him thinking "well looks like my job's done here! Adios!"
PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD 7 months ago
@PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD I'm wrapping this up since I think we've made our points. I'm not saying it was easy. And I'm not saying Fisher was a bad chess player. But in chess you gotta face your opponent and win in order to claim to be superior. Instead Fisher did everything in his power to skew the odds in his favor and then ran away. After that I'm not interested in psychoanalyzing him any further. He was supposed to fight Karpov, he ran away. That makes him a coward and a loser.
radiofreevillage 7 months ago
@radiofreevillage it shows that you know nothing about the man! you make a wild conjecture and self determine why Fischer didnt want to play! do you have any interviews or any proof that he was "scared"?!
hekoka 6 months ago
@hekoka I know everything I need to know. He was supposed to play Karpov. Instead of playing him he worked hard to skew the rules to get a huge advantage. When he was not allowed to do it, he walked away. How fitting for a coward.
radiofreevillage 6 months ago
@radiofreevillage dude living legends such as Kasparov and virtually every chess critic consider Bobby Fischer an all time great!!! here you are an absolute nobody trying to do everything to discredit him! go play some mre chess dude
hekoka 6 months ago 2
@hekoka Of course, he's one of the strongest players of all times. Who disputes that? In 1975 he was also scared shitless of losing to Karpov. No contradiction there...
radiofreevillage 6 months ago
@56richardcory most grandmasters say Karpov had a 50 50 chance of beating Fischer. dont pretend to be an expert on something you are not
kakashi76767 10 months ago
He would have lost to Karpov in 1975 and he knew it, that's why he refused to play him.
renumeratedfrog 1 year ago
"Oh, I think I'd beat him much more easily... there's no question about it in my mind"
That confidence is what set him apart from all the other chess geniuses of his day.
WeinerschnitzeI 1 year ago
Bobby Fischer probably detest the fact that Americans all have access to his games and learn from him.
damthatriver09 1 year ago
Fischer is so figety and up himself. But we love him for his chess, not his personality right?
andyroo2540 1 year ago
@andyroo2540 absolutely not.
bierbuik 1 year ago
wow. great piece. wonder what the hell happened. sounds so enthusiastic but he never played another game after this interview.
harvkeitel 1 year ago
Many thanks for posting! There will never be another like him and interviews like this are few and far between. Take Care, Buddy.
56richardcory 1 year ago 2
Priceless!!! Many thanks to the uploader.
Snootwaller 1 year ago